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Demetrius Zaarin
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Human
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Male
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Grand Admiral
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Brown
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Hazel
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Imperial Star Destroyer
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Imperial Star Destroyer ''Glory'', Corellian Corvette ''Vorknkx''
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Galactic Empire , Zaarin secessionist movement
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is one of the 12 original .
Admiral Zaarin occupies the storyline near the end of the original TIE Fighter (where he attempts to capture
Emperor Palpatine ), and is the main focus in the TIE Fighter expansions, ''Defender of the Empire'' and ''Enemies of the Empire''. Unlike most traitors to the Empire, Zaarin was never affiliated with the Rebellion; Zaarin had fought against the Rebels in trying to acquire hyperdrive technology for the
TIE Avenger (Advanced) and only wanted to depose the Emperor in the coup attempt. After Zaarin betrayed the Emperor, he was cast from the council of Grand Admirals and then-
Vice Admiral Thrawn was promoted in his place to maintain the ranks at 12-strong.
As head of starfighter research, Grand Admiral Zaarin oversaw many experimental Imperial Projects, including the
TIE Avenger ,
TIE Defender , and (assumedly) the
TIE Experimental projects shown in X-Wing Alliance. Shortly before the
Battle Of Endor and after the abortive defection of
Admiral Harkov to the Rebel Alliance, his driving ambition led him to secede from the
Empire , taking his extensive fleet with him. While supposedly still on the side of the Empire by fighting Admiral Harkov, who was defecting to the Rebel Alliance, he implemented his secret plans to kidnap
Emperor Palpatine by taking advantage of the turmoil between Harkov's forces and Imperial loyalists. Zaarin's attempt was narrowly thwarted by Vice Admiral Thrawn and
Maarek Stele .
Despite the failure of his coup d'état, Zaarin proceeded to attack key Imperial facilities across the Galaxy, particularly advanced
Starfighter production sites and their crews as told in Tours of Duty Eight and Nine. Although he did not have many capital ships, Zaarin's main strength was his squadrons of TIEs, particularly his shielded and hyperspace-capable TIE Defenders. He successfully destroyed the
TIE Avenger production facilities in the Omar system. During that campaign, he almost trapped Admiral Thrawn's flagship VSD Scheltor by using Rebel-developed magnetic pulse warheads as bait, although it backfired when loyalist pilot Stele used the mag pulse warheads to temporarily incapacitate Zaarin's Interdictor Cruiser and Strike Cruiser, allowing Thrawn to escape. Thrawn managed to rescue the
TIE Defender prototypes from the research facility in order to develop a new counter, the
Missile Gunboat .
Palpatine saw Zaarin as much of a threat as the
Rebel Alliance , and appointed Vice Admiral Thrawn to track down and destroy Zaarin shortly before the attempted kidnapping, which Thrawn thwarted; unfortunately, Zaarin escaped completely to the
Outer Rim . Zaarin intended to set up a rival Empire. Thrawn quickly attacked, but Zaarin was Thrawn's military match or even superior and fought him to a standstill. Thrawn cunningly appealed to Zaarin's technophilia prior the final showdown between the two military geniuses, allowing him to steal a sabotaged vessel. Maarek Stele, a constant thorn in Zaarin's side, aided Thrawn in demolishing Zaarin's flagship, the ISD ''Glory''. As Zaarin fled in an experimental corvette (CRV ''Vorknkx'') which had a
Cloaking Device Zaarin had been allowed to steal previously, he tried to enter hyperspace to flee Thrawn's forces. What Zaarin did not know (but Thrawn did) was that the cloaking device was unstable when used in conjunction with a hyperdrive, and could only safely be used in realspace. As soon as the ''Vorknkx'' powered up its hyperdrive, the ship exploded and killed everyone onboard.
It is suggested that Admiral , is based upon Admiral Zaarin. Both had similarities; each had relatively few capital ships but they were masterful starfighter tacticians. Trigit even flew in his customized
TIE Interceptor , which had deflector shields and a hyperdrive, which can be considered a development on Zaarin's TIE prototypes.
